God is good all the time; and all the time, God is good!
Fifteen years ago today, I gave birth to a big boy, 9lbs. When I was three month pregnant, in the middle of my morning prayer, I thought God spoke to my heart saying, “It is a boy and call him Biruk.” (In Hebrew – Biruk is “Baruch” – means “blessed” – Jeremiah 36:4)
Two weeks ago, I went to bed feeling discouraged! Then the next morning, when I opened my eyes, I didn’t feel like praying. I just closed my eyes right back again. Then I decided to reach out to my phone. I opened one of my eyes just to get to the Pandora app and pressed it and closed my eyes back again. Then guess the first song that came on? Continue reading Keep On, Keepin’ On!→
Jesus, knowing that it was almost time for Him to ascend back to heaven, He decided to set out for Jerusalem. So He sent some of His disciples ahead of Him to Samaria to prepare for Him a place (probably for the last supper). But the people of Samaria didin’t want to welcome Jesus (this is according to Luke’s account – Luke 9).
Being very upset with the Samaritan’s response, James and John suggested that Jesus would get even with those stubborn Samaritans.